Selected quad for the lemma: city_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
city_n	bishop_n	church_n	rome_n	9,289	5	7.3911	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A15761	The hunting of Antichrist VVith a caueat to the contentious. By Leonard Wright.	Wright, Leonard, b. 1555 or 6.	1589 (1589)	STC 26031; ESTC S120413	23,031	38

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